[Rarebooks] For Sale: Rare Account of Istria & Dalmatia, 1805

[Norman Kane]

LAVALLEE, JOSEPH, {EDITOR.}   TRAVELS IN ISTRIA AND DALMATIA, DRAWN 
UP FROM THE ITINERARY OF {LOUIS} F. CASSAS.  TRANSLATED FROM THE 
FRENCH.  London: Printed for Richard Phillips by Barnard & Sultzer, 
Water Lane, Fleet Street,1805.  First edition in English OF Cassas' 
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pittoresque et historique de l'Istrie et Dalmatie printed by Didot in 1802.
Octavo, nicely rebound in half leather with marbled boards, title 
label on cover, raised bands & some blindstamped decorations, new end 
papers.  Complete with a folding map-frontispiece and 6 folding 
plates of the amphitheater & triumphal arch at Pola [Pula, Croatia], 
Trieste and vicinity, the Palace of Diocletian, the Temple of 
Aesculapius, &c.  (In series: Part One of Sir Richard Phillips' 
"Collection of modern and contemporary voyages and travels never 
before translated", (Vol. One - No. 1.)  iv, 124 pages.  A nice copy 
of a scarce travel account of Eastern Europe.  $750.00   (Trade 
Discount Available)


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